Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1914 — Bishop Alerding Sues Two South Bend Saloonkeepers. [ARTICLE]

Bishop Alerding Sues Two South Bend Saloonkeepers.

A South Bend special says: Damages of SIO,OOO were demanded today by Bishop Herman J. Alerding, of Fort Wayne, in a conspiracy suit he filed in the circuit court against Frank Witueki and George Kajzer, both saloonkeepers.

The action is the result of recent trouble in St. Casimar’s Polish Catholic church, where Bishop Alerding is attempting to install Rev. Stanilaus Gruza as priest. Witueki and Kajzer are accused of conspiring against the bishop, in inciting the St. Casimer members to riot.

The complaint charges that they allow 7 ed members of the church to congregate in their saloons on Sunday, where schemes were hatched out to block the plans of the bishop.